Mary Duke Biddle Clinical Scholars Program
Mary Duke Biddle was born in 1887. She came from a philanthropic family and made many individual donations over the course of her life. She established the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation in 1956 to maintain financial support for many causes and organizations she believed in. In 2009, funds were donated to the Stanford School of Medicine to encourage the global health interests of trainees in pediatrics.
Goal and Objective:
To improve the quality of life of children needing medical care.
Eligibility:
Medical students, residents and fellows are eligible to obtain funding under this program. Selection of applicants will focus on those interested in becoming leaders in the field of global health long term.
*Note to medical students: if you are interested in applying, you will need to submit a petition to CCAP in order to request consideration for this rotation to be considered as an elective.
Funding under this program includes:
- Travel
- Accommodations
- Pre-trip medical evaluation (physical exam, medications and immunization)
- Evacuation insurance
Sites:
- Patan Hospital: Katmandu, Nepal
- ICDDR,B (International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh): Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Please note that St. Gabriel's Hospital in Namitete, Malawi is no longer a site as of 2013.
- If you are interested in going to a site that is not on this list, please contact Dr. Saraswati Kache.
The Application Deadline for 2013-2014 has now passed.
For questions regarding this program, contact Dr. Saraswati Kache, the Director of the Mary Duke Program.
